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Kurzweil PC2R, Musician'S Manual

The Kurzweil PC2R Musician's Manual is a comprehensive guide designed for users of the Kurzweil PC2R rack-mounted synthesizer. This essential manual provides detailed instructions and useful tips for unlocking the full potential of the PC2R. Download this free manual from manualshive.com to maximize your creative experience.

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Page 1: ...f Young Chang Co Kurzweil and PC2R are trademarks of Young Chang Co All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Product features and specifications are subject to change without notice Part Number 910350 Rev A November 1 2000 ...

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Page 5: ...MIDI 2 3 MIDI Configurations 2 4 MIDI Thru Out 2 4 Powering Up 2 4 Display LCD 2 5 LEDs 2 5 Software Upgrades 2 5 Playing the Demo Sequences 2 5 Troubleshooting 2 5 No Text in Display 2 5 Low Battery 2 5 No Sound 2 6 Chapter 3 Playing Your PC2R Changing Sounds 3 1 Demonstration Sequences 3 1 Also In This Chapter 3 1 Overview 3 2 Modes 3 2 Performance Modes 3 2 Internal Voices Programs 3 2 KB3 Mode...

Page 6: ...9 Saving Quick Layers and Splits 3 20 Changing the AutoSplit Key Without Editing 3 20 Saving the AutoSplit Key 3 21 Muting and Soloing 3 21 Muting 3 21 Soloing 3 21 Zone Button LEDs 3 22 The AutoSplit Feature 3 23 Saving the Internal Setup 3 23 Chapter 4 Programming Your PC2R Basic Editing Concepts 4 1 Overview 4 1 Beginning to Edit 4 1 Entering an Edit Mode 4 2 Finding a Parameter and Changing it...

Page 7: ...Offset vs Scale 4 23 Crossfades 4 24 Velocity Switching 4 24 Velocity Layering 4 25 Selecting Setups Remotely 4 25 Transposing a Setup With a Button 4 26 Effects Edit Mode 4 26 Effects Change Mode 4 26 Setting the Effects Change Mode 4 27 Entering Effects Edit Mode 4 27 Selecting Different Effects 4 28 Editing Effects Parameters 4 28 KB3 Effects 4 28 Saving Effects 4 29 Other Effects Mode Function...

Page 8: ...Pitch Parameters 5 10 The LFO Menu 5 10 Setup Editor Parameters 5 10 The MIDI Xmit Menu 5 11 The Program Menu 5 12 The Key Range Menu 5 14 The Transpose Menu 5 15 The Velocity Menu 5 16 The Controllers Menu 5 20 Front Panel Controllers and MIDI Source Controllers 5 20 The Controllers Menu Continuous Controller Parameters 5 21 The Controllers Menu Ribbon Controller Parameters 5 22 The Controllers M...

Page 9: ... B 3 Digital Audio Output B 3 Headphone Output B 3 Parameter Reference B 4 PC2R Audio Signal Routing B 9 MIDI Controllers B 10 Special Controllers B 10 MIDI Controller Messages for Front Panel Knobs B 11 KB3 Controllers B 12 PC2R Keymaps B 13 PC2R Effects and Effects Parameters B 14 MIDI Implementation Chart B 21 Appendix C Program and Setup Information PC2R Programs C 2 Controller Assignments for...

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Page 11: ...on sounds There s also room for two Sound ROM Option cards for up to 48 megabytes of ROM sounds For serious Hammond organ fans we offer KB3 Mode which uses tone wheel synthesis to provide superb recreations of the classic B 3 sound including real time drawbar control response and multi effects settings that include all of the essential features of a Hammond Leslie setup percussion key click chorus...

Page 12: ...sockets for two ROM expansion cards that you can install yourself the expansion kits come with complete instructions Each expansion card adds 16 megabytes of ROM sounds to the 16 megabytes of onboard ROM Polyphony Expansion Board There s a kit for expanding your PC2R s polyphony from 64 voices to 128 voices You can install this kit yourself as well Unpacking your PC2R Your PC2R carton should conta...

Page 13: ...ts four rubber feet on a sturdy level surface If not properly ventilated the PC2R could overheat and malfunction Figure 2 1 shows the bottom panel of the PC2R and the recommended locations for the rubber feet Peel the backing paper from each rubber foot and attach it as indicated Figure 2 1 Attaching rubber feet Attach feet here ...

Page 14: ...g it on the floor Never cover the power supply with anything it needs adequate ventilation to prevent overheating Connect the plug at the other end of the power supply cable into a standard power outlet If you plan to take your PC2R to a location that uses a different voltage level you ll need to get an additional power supply that s compatible with the local voltage The PC2R s Power Switch Volume...

Page 15: ...also use the headphone jack as an unbalanced stereo line level output Just connect a stereo cable from the headphone jack to a stereo input on your mixer or sound system If you have only unbalanced inputs to your sound system you ll get better audio quality using the headphone jack Digital Output With the PC2R you can take advantage of the growing number of digital recorders and mixers on the mark...

Page 16: ...ns it can be a MIDI Out port enabling you to send directly to two different slaves or it can be a MIDI Thru port in which case it passes along whatever MIDI information that the PC2R receives at its MIDI In port but not the MIDI information that the PC2R itself generates This makes it easy to include the PC2R in a chain of multiple MIDI devices which is a common configuration when you re using a c...

Page 17: ...ith a PC2R and a MIDI sequencer The demos were recorded using PC2R sounds and effects exclusively 1 Press the MIDI Receive and Global buttons together notice the word Demo on the front panel under these two buttons The display shows Select a demo and Cancel to exit The LEDs in the Main and Layer buttons flash If you decide not to play a demo press Cancel to return to the previous mode 2 Press Main...

Page 18: ...e PC2R Press the MIDI Receive button use a cursor button or the Alpha Wheel to select the channel that your MIDI source is using use a cursor button to select the Channel On Off parameter turn the Alpha Wheel to the right to change the value to On There may be no current program or setup selected the display shows Not Found If your MIDI source has a continuous pedal check the connection and check ...

Page 19: ... page 3 13 Demonstration Sequences There are two demo sequences stored in ROM These demos were recorded using PC2R sounds and effects exclusively See page 2 5 to learn how to play the demo sequences Also In This Chapter Chapter 3 shows you how to get the most out of your PC2R in performance The overview introduces a few important features and concepts while the remaining sections provide more deta...

Page 20: ...are also three special modes for programming effects making channel by channel control assignments and configuring the whole PC2R Performance Modes Internal Voices Programs Internal Voices mode lets you play one internal voice program at a time A program consists of one or more sounds like piano or strings and the settings parameters that affect those sounds for example the highest and lowest note...

Page 21: ...igure each MIDI channel independently this is the mode to use when you re driving your PC2R from a multi channel sequencer You might think of this mode as a special performance mode for configuring individual MIDI channels program assignment volume and pan settings effects routing and the wet dry mix of the effects Global Mode Use Global mode to make changes that affect the entire PC2R for example...

Page 22: ...h the Alpha Wheel to select and edit parameters when you re programming your PC2R Modes There are two rows of buttons in this region The buttons in the top row select the performance mode Internal Voices KB3 or MIDI Setups The buttons in the bottom row select special modes for configuring your PC2R the FX button selects parameters for selecting and routing effects the MIDI Receive button selects p...

Page 23: ...os the current zone When you re in KB3 mode this button switches between fast and slow rotary effects for the current KB3 program Any button with labeling in more than one color has different functions in different performance modes The Display LCD The display looks quite different in each mode so we ll show you examples of each Internal Voices Mode When you turn on your PC2R the display should lo...

Page 24: ...ntrol other KB3 features There are nine digits in the bottom line of the display that show the current drawbar values From left to right they correspond to drawbars 1 9 Moving one of the drawbars changes the corresponding drawbar values and changes the nature of the organ sound Try it out Make sure you re in KB3 mode then move one of the knobs You ll see one of the values on the bottom line change...

Page 25: ...of buttons and knobs in the Performance region Their functions vary depending on your performance mode Solo In either Internal Voices mode or MIDI Setups mode pressing this button turns on the solo feature if you re in Internal Voices mode the PC2R switches to AutoSplit mode a special performance configuration of MIDI Setups mode When the Solo feature is on that is when its LED is lit pressing one...

Page 26: ...t and Split Layer together is an editing shortcut that displays the AutoSplit Key parameter You can then use the Alpha Wheel to change the AutoSplit key or hold down the Enter button and play a note on your MIDI source Press Cancel to return to your performance mode Shift The Shift button controls the functions of Knobs A D described below Each time you press Shift its LED changes color from green...

Page 27: ...Edit region have dual labels For readability when we refer to these buttons we ll describe them according to the situation instead of using the full name For example to enter an edit mode we ll instruct you to press Edit not Edit Store Edit Store Press the Edit button to enter the edit mode corresponding to your current performance mode This is where you make changes to the parameters that define ...

Page 28: ...oup Menu buttons We call them cursor buttons because they control the cursor which is a bar that appears under one of the characters in the display The position of the cursor indicates what s selected for changing or editing The following table shows what happens in each performance mode when you press one of the cursor buttons You ll also use the cursor buttons when editing to select what you wan...

Page 29: ... more information about editing effects MIDI Receive This button takes you to MIDI Receive mode where you can configure how the PC2R responds to incoming MIDI information The first time you enter MIDI Receive mode after powering up the display shows Channel 1 because the PC2R resets the MIDI Receive channel each time you shut down Until you shut down again the PC2R tracks which channel you re view...

Page 30: ... both to the PC2R s sound engine and to its MIDI Out port Program and Setup Organization The PC2R s programs and setups are arranged in banks each bank can contain 128 programs or setups The PC2R has a total of eleven banks as shown in the following table Mode Bank ID Bank Name Bank Contents Comment Internal Voices 0 Internal Programs 0 127 Factory programs 1 User Empty Can store 128 user defined ...

Page 31: ...s one for user defined KB3 programs All the Internal Voices programs and KB3 programs are accessible this way you can scroll back and forth between the Internal Voices banks and the KB3 banks In KB3 mode the programs themselves aren t organized into categories so there s no bank index shown in the display Still you can use the Group button to select the Internal bank of KB3 programs or the User ba...

Page 32: ...roller messages that the PC2R remaps and transmits via MIDI vary depending on your performance mode In every mode but MIDI Receive mode incoming MIDI information usually gets remapped and then transmitted to four zones each of which can use a different MIDI channel the exception occurs when the MIDI In parameter in the Global menu has a value of Normal in which case incoming MIDI information is pr...

Page 33: ... 96 97 98 99 100 and 101 Keep in mind that this is the default behavior In other words the default value of the MIDI In parameter is Auto which means that the PC2R automatically remaps incoming MIDI messages when you re in any mode but MIDI Receive mode If you don t want the remapping to occur set the value of MIDI In to Normal or Merge Effects The PC2R s digital multi effects consist of two indep...

Page 34: ...nging the Effects Routing The Routing parameter determines whether the sound of a program or setup gets sent to one or both of the effects blocks Think of the Routing parameter as an effect send routing the audio signal from the sound engine to the effects processor or bypassing it When you select a program or setup the LED in the FX button indicates the effects routing as follows Off None Green F...

Page 35: ...udio signal into FX A and not directly into FX B In this case the PC2R automatically routes the signal from the output of FX A into FX B before it goes to the audio outputs This means that there are three wet dry variables therefore there are three Wet Dry parameters A Controls how much of FX A s effect gets applied to the dry signal coming from the sound engine B Controls how much of FX B s effec...

Page 36: ...ure only if you want to change the wet dry mixes permanently you ll need to use the Wet Dry parameters then save either the resulting effect or the entire program or setup There s a diagram of the PC2R s audio signal routing on page B 9 Editing Effects Each effect has up to four parameters that you can edit to modify the effect See Editing Effects Parameters on page 4 28 for more information Layer...

Page 37: ... each step If you want to follow along start by pressing Internal Voices to return to Internal Voices mode Notice the four zone buttons Zone 1 is active the LED in the Zone 1 button is green while Zones 2 4 are muted amber LEDs 1 Press Layer Zone 2 The first thing to notice is that you re in the Setup Editor That s because you now have two active zones and as you know you can t have more than one ...

Page 38: ... to MIDI Setups mode When you save a setup this way the PC2R turns the AutoSplit feature off for that setup and sets the low and high notes of each zone See Muting and Soloing on page 3 21 to learn about how this affects playing setups If you want you can edit the setup and turn AutoSplit back on there s a good reason to do so described in The AutoSplit Feature on page 3 23 See Turning AutoSplit O...

Page 39: ...parameter in the MIDI Xmit menu The Solo button turns on the solo feature in which case the zone buttons select the corresponding zone for soloing Zones that aren t playing either because they re muted or because another zone is being soloed are silent on the PC2R but they still generate MIDI information Muting You can mute any or all zones in a setup Muting one zone has no effect on the other zon...

Page 40: ...affects the data generated by the zone When you re in MIDI Setups mode the bottom line in the display indicates the current zone that is the one that will be affected by any editing you do to the setup In the following example Zone 1 is the current zone as indicated by the numeral just to the left of the colon S002 Unison Line A02 1 Big Brass Press any zone button once to make that zone the curren...

Page 41: ...r any setup however as described on page 4 31 There s one more thing to remember about AutoSplit When you make a quick layer or split you re in a kind of transition between Internal Voices mode and MIDI Setups mode You start off in Internal Voices mode but as soon as you press one of the zone buttons the MIDI Setups button lights up and the Internal Voices button becomes unlit As long as you stay ...

Page 42: ... sets all the parameters for programs like note range controller assignments etc 1 Press Store in the Edit region of the front panel The display looks something like this Save setup 133 A05 Setup 133 2 Press Internal Voices in the Modes region The display looks like this Save to Internal Voices 3 Press Yes The display briefly shows Internal setup saved then returns to Internal Voices mode There s ...

Page 43: ...I setup each zone has a parameter called MIDI Channel This parameter s value determines the channel on which the PC2R transmits and possibly receives MIDI information Every parameter has a default value set at the factory Note to PC2 keyboard owners you ll notice a few differences in the names and the organization of some of the parameters We did this to accommodate the differences between the key...

Page 44: ... Sound Parameters Timbre KB3 mode KB3 Parameters Timbre MIDI Setups mode Zone Parameters MIDI Xmit Finding a Parameter and Changing its Value To navigate through the PC2R s menus use the Alpha Wheel or the cursor buttons the right and left arrow buttons at the bottom left of the Edit region and the Enter button Notice the arrows in the display examples above They indicate that you can view more me...

Page 45: ...ad of replacing the current one 2 Press the Right cursor button to display Rename setup NNN 3 Press Yes Enter The display shows the name of the current setup if any The cursor highlights the character that s selected for editing 4 Use the Alpha Wheel to change the character highlighted by the cursor Use the cursor buttons to move the cursor 5 When the name looks the way you want it press Yes The d...

Page 46: ...nal Voice programs and KB3 programs to their factory effect settings Deleting Objects You can delete user defined Internal Voice programs KB3 programs setups or effects by entering the Save dialog for the Program Editor KB3 Editor or Setup Editor or in the Save dialog for Effects edit mode When you enter the Save dialog you ll see a prompt asking you whether you want to save or replace an object t...

Page 47: ... ll see You should prepare your MIDI recording device before initiating the dump For example if you re dumping to a sequencer application open the file to which you want to dump and get the application ready to record Make sure you have a MIDI cable connected from the MIDI Out port of the PC2R to the MIDI In port of the recording device Don t start recording just yet however 1 Enter the Save dialo...

Page 48: ...r the name has reverted to its original If it hasn t you haven t reloaded successfully Turn to page 4 11 for more information about SysEx dumps Editing Short Cuts Intuitive Entry If you do a lot of editing you ll spend a fair amount of time finding parameters and changing values The PC2R has quite a few parameters and many of those parameters have long lists of values Intuitive entry can help spee...

Page 49: ...ckly You can also use the keyboard in some cases Here are three quick examples Transposing Setup Zones 1 Go to MIDI Setups mode if you aren t already there and press Edit 2 Find the Transpose menu it s fourth in the list Press Enter 3 Press Enter again and hold it down Then play a note from your MIDI source The distance of that note from C 4 Middle C sets the number of semitones of transposition F...

Page 50: ...n and use the Alpha Wheel to scroll through the list more precisely Other Editing Functions Comparing Any time you make a change while editing an object you can easily compare it to the original object which is extremely useful for determining whether you want to keep the change 1 Enter an edit mode and change the value of a parameter 2 Press Compare The PC2R restores the previous value of the par...

Page 51: ...o copy If you ve already entered the Setup Editor make sure you haven t selected any of the parameters in the Controllers menu if you are in the Controllers menu you ll copy just the controllers and not the entire zone s parameters 2 Press Copy 3 Press the zone button for the zone you want to copy 4 Press Enter 5 Press the Right cursor button to display the Paste prompt 6 Press the zone button for...

Page 52: ...t Then select a parameter for the controller to which you want to past the settings say Green Knob B Press Copy to display the copy prompt then the Right cursor button to display the Paste prompt then Yes The display indicates that the controllers have been pasted then the Paste prompt reappears To paste the data to a different controller in a different zone press No to remove the Copy prompt Then...

Page 53: ...ee times to return to your previous performance mode Select a different performance mode if desired then select the program or setup into which you want to paste the effect 6 Press FX select the FXA Select or FXB Select menu then press Enter You ll see the ID and name of the effect assigned to that effects block 7 Press Copy then press the Right cursor button The display shows Paste effects 8 Pres...

Page 54: ... characteristics as defined by the program s parameters Each program contains from one to four layers each of which can have a different sound and its own complete set of sound parameters Bear in mind that these aren t the same type of layers that you create when you use the AutoSplit feature Those layers are actually zones in a setup as described on page 3 19 The layers in a program simply define...

Page 55: ... stereo keymaps The keymap is the most basic component of a program it determines among other things which samples or waveforms the program plays Change the keymap and you have a different sound If you wanted to make the current program an organ for example you d change all the keymaps to organ keymaps Program 000 uses stereo keymaps so in each layer there are separate keymaps for the left and rig...

Page 56: ...ed In a setup your MIDI source s Pitch Wheel can do something different in each zone and that s true for all the assignable physical controllers on your MIDI source Mod Wheel sliders pedals etc as well as the knobs on the PC2R s front panel In a program Internal Voices mode KB3 mode or MIDI Receive mode things are different From the viewpoint of you the musician programs don t have zones so each p...

Page 57: ...re organized in increments of eight This is simply to make it convenient to select KB3 programs with the front panel buttons of the PC2 keyboard model Editing the Percussion Parameters When editing the percussion parameters you must have percussion enabled in order to hear the effects of your edits Similarly the combination of percussion effects you want to edit must be active as well For example ...

Page 58: ...g program MIDI channel controller assignments and more Even if your MIDI source can transmit on only one channel you can make use of the four zones in a setup the PC2R can remap incoming MIDI information to each of the channel in a setup so you can play all four programs from one stream of MIDI information Before we begin with the details of setup editing we ll mention five important setups that c...

Page 59: ... set to a value of Auto or Remap if you re using MIDI Receive mode 126 Internal Voices Setup 126 is a generic setup with controller assignments in Zone 1 that match the factory default settings for the internal setup It s convenient for restoring the default controller assignments to the internal setup To do this select Setup 126 press Edit to go into the Setup Editor press Store then press Intern...

Page 60: ...s the first parameter MIDI Channel in the MIDI Xmit menu 5 Press the Zone 3 button The display looks like this Zone 3 0 105 MIDI Channel 03 The top line indicates the current zone as well as the current bank and program ID Notice the minus sign after the zone number indicating that the zone is muted 6 Turn the Alpha Wheel to the left until you see Off in the bottom line of the display Notice that ...

Page 61: ...the setup The display tells you that the setup is saved the returns you to MIDI Setups mode Setting Initial Volume Levels for Different Zones Suppose you want the program in one zone of a setup to be at a lower volume than the others We ll edit our two zone setup to lower the volume of the strings 1 Start with Setup 129 Piano Strings which we created in the previous example 2 Press Edit then press...

Page 62: ...FXBWet 9 Save the setup as 131 KnobFX Now when the Shift button s LED is green Knobs A and B control the wet dry mix of whatever effects are assigned to FX A and FX B Turning these knobs won t necessarily change anything however In order for them both to have an effect the setup must route some or all of its audio signal through both effects blocks So let s check the effects routing The easiest wa...

Page 63: ...moment you moved the knob down and the chorus would suddenly get much wetter To avoid this problem the PC2R is designed so that once you set an entry value for a physical controller it won t become active until you pass the point of the entry value So as you turn Knob A to the left for Setup 132 nothing happens until you reach 85 At that point the knob takes effect giving you a smooth fade Avoidin...

Page 64: ... Multiple Controller Function Here s your next scenario You want to add a layer of electric piano to Setup 132 and you want Green Knob A to control the wet dry mix of the effects for both the acoustic and the electric piano But you want the acoustic piano s mix to be dryer than the electric piano s mix at all times 1 Select Setup 132 First we ll bring the entry value of the piano s chorus back up ...

Page 65: ...ll the way up the value is 127 64 or 63 therefore the acoustic piano will always have a wet dry mix that s 64 lower than the electric piano 15 Save again replacing Setup 133 without renaming Now try playing some notes and adjusting Knob A make sure the Shift LED is still green As you move the knob left to the midpoint the Controller value of the wet dry mix for the electric piano is 64 and the val...

Page 66: ...rve cuts the volume in the midrange but since we ve inverted the curve with scaling and offset it also boosts the volume in the midrange Velocity Switching You can use your keystrike velocity how hard you play to change sounds This is how program 000 Stereo Grand works there are actually three sets of samples one for soft one for medium and one for loud 1 Create a two zone setup Go to the Program ...

Page 67: ...up with one or more zones Don t forget to save 2 Go to the Setup Editor press Edit Go to the MIDI Channel parameter in the MIDI Xmit menu and note the channel used by the current zone This is the channel your MIDI source should be using to transmit its MIDI information 3 Press and hold Global and press Pedal 2 on your MIDI source You should see the On Ctrl parameter for SwitchPdl 2 in the display ...

Page 68: ...he Off Ctrl parameter and change its value to TransDown 8 Select the Off Value parameter and set its value at 5 9 Repeat this procedure for all zones in the setup unless you want to transpose some zones and not others Now when you press the controller on your MIDI source it transposes the setup up a fourth Press it again to remove the transposition Effects Edit Mode Effects edit mode has two funct...

Page 69: ...cts edit mode There s another important point to remember about using Panel as the value for FX Chg Mode you can still edit the current set of effects but you can t save them to the current program or setup Our explanation of Effects edit mode assumes that you have FX Chg Mode set to the default setting of Auto See Effects Change Mode FX Chg Mode on page 5 38 for a more detailed description of FX ...

Page 70: ...B unless you want the KB3 effect applied to all zones or channels of the setup You can change the effect associated with the current program or setup as often as you like without actually affecting the program s or setup s definition Unless you save your changes the original effect gets reapplied to the program or setup as soon as you exit Effects edit mode See Saving Effects on page 4 29 to learn...

Page 71: ...ram but FX Chg Mode is set to Panel you can change the values of these three parameters within Effects edit mode Saving Effects If you ve made changes while in Effects edit mode you must store the changes if you want to preserve them when you leave Effects edit mode The basic procedure is as follows although you have different options depending on whether you re working with programs or setups and...

Page 72: ...ou want The dialog says Save or Replace depending on whether you select an ID that s already in use The Save dialog operates in exactly the same way if you enter Effects edit mode from either the Internal or User bank in KB3 mode If you re coming from MIDI Setups mode the dialog is a bit different since setup effects are stored as part of the entire setup not its constituent programs Consequently ...

Page 73: ...t of an existing setup before saving you replace that setup In the latter case saving to Internal Voices saving stores the new setting to the internal setup thereby enabling or disabling AutoSplit for all Internal Voices programs When you re in Internal Voices mode AutoSplit is so convenient that we recommend that you always leave it on it s the factory default setting In MIDI Setups mode there ar...

Page 74: ... D control Drawbars 1 4 When the LED is amber the knobs control Drawbars 5 8 When the LED is red Knob A controls Drawbar 9 As an alternative you can use the cursor buttons to position the cursor under the value you want to change then change it with the Alpha Wheel 3 Save the program The next time you select the program your edited values will be in effect You ll still be able to change them tempo...

Page 75: ...nk of it as a note processor generating complex output from relatively modest input You can select any number of notes for the input and tell the arpeggiator to recognize and remember them This is called latching the notes The arpeggiator then processes them by playing them repeatedly and or transposing them up and down You have control over several processing parameters tempo velocity order durat...

Page 76: ...ons of the arpeggiator parameters beginning on page 5 26 4 Select the Hi parameter Hold Enter and play Middle C to set the Hi parameter to C 4 Now play a chord in the bass and a melody in the treble Notice that any notes up to C 4 are arpeggiated but all notes above that are played as normal The Key Range parameter lets you set a range of notes that will be affected by the arpeggiator while others...

Page 77: ... send more than one channel of MIDI information from your source since the note messages will get mixed together Using the PC2R with Other Gear If your system consists of a MIDI source and a PC2R alone you probably don t need to read this section If you re using a sequencer you should read Using MIDI Receive Mode if you re using the PC2R to control additional instruments read The PC2R as MIDI Mast...

Page 78: ...rogram parameter and select the desired program 3 Save the setup For more information about the bank select message see Understanding Bank Select Controllers Understanding Bank Select Controllers Most newer keyboards have more than 128 different programs but MIDI allows only 128 values for the Program Change message The bank selection controller enables you to have multiple banks of programs each ...

Page 79: ...in the PC2R the display shows you both the 0 32 value and the bank number equivalent With other parameters selected the display shows only the bank number equivalent followed by a colon followed by the program number To figure out which bank number equivalent you need follow this formula MSB x 128 LSB Using the Roland example if they require you to send Controller 0 with a value of 80 and no value...

Page 80: ...2 of Setup 127 4 Press Edit then press Enter to enter the MIDI Xmit menu Set the MIDI channels that you want for Zones 1 and 2 5 Press the Right cursor button to select the Dest parameter Set the value for Zone 2 to MIDI 6 Press Zone 1 and set the value of its Dest parameter to Local 7 Press Menu then find the Program menu and press Enter 8 Select a program for Zone 1 and a program for Zone 2 9 Pr...

Page 81: ... and set its value to Off 4 Name and save this setup Now when you select the setup from your MIDI source the program change message goes only to the PC2R although both instruments get note and controller information Working With an External Sequencer The most common configuration for MIDI recording assumes that you re recording one track at a time 1 Connect the MIDI Out of your keyboard or other M...

Page 82: ...to an external device you can use the MIDIScope utility to see exactly what MIDI messages are being received by the PC2R s sound engine Press the Global button then find the MIDIScope prompt it s the last item in the menu Press Enter and the display says MIDIScope Any Button Quits Now the display will show every MIDI message that the sound engine of the PC2R receives You ll see exactly what type o...

Page 83: ...ault settings see Parameter Reference on page B 4 Program Editor Parameters There are three primary menus in the Program Editor Each layer of a program has an independent set of these three menus Timbre The basic nature of the sound Envelope Attack decay and release times LFO Two low frequency oscillators that you can use to modulate programs during performance also the rotor effects for Internal ...

Page 84: ...parameters are associated with each layer but you can change the values of the parameters Every layer has a total of two DSP parameters Some layers use two single parameter DSP functions while others use one two parameter function For example Layer 1 of Program 016 Classic E Piano uses two separate lowpass filters each of which has a single parameter for setting the cutoff frequency All the layers...

Page 85: ...rograms use at least one of these MIDI Controllers to do something a common example is MIDI 1 which on most keyboards is the message sent by the Mod Wheel and which controls vibrato or tremolo in many PC2R programs Appendix B contains a list of programs and which MIDI Controllers the physical controllers are assigned to in each program Capture MIDI Vals This is a function not a parameter Press Yes...

Page 86: ...re produced by LFOs while the KB3 organs make use of the Rotary Fast Slow button or MIDI 68 messages for the same purpose although the KB3 organs don t use the LFOs they have a separate set of rotor effect generators Adjusting the values of the LFO parameters modifies how the LFOs affect the programs that use them not all programs make use of the LFOs See MIDI Controllers on page B 10 to learn whi...

Page 87: ...button to switch rotor speed You can also send a MIDI Controller 68 message from your MIDI source values of 64 and above switch to fast and values below 64 switch to slow Rotor Effects High Rate Oscillation cycles per second for the high rotor Negative values reverse the phase without changing the rate Rotor Effects High Adjust The amount of change in the rate of the high rotor when you switch the...

Page 88: ...ch the effect on and values below 64 switch it off Chorus Vibrato Chor Vib Determines the preset chorus or vibrato effect that gets applied to the program The six possible values are Chor1 Chor3 and Vib1 Vib3 For choruses the amount of detuning increases from Chor1 to Chor3 For vibratos the vibrato depth increases from Vib1 to Vib3 In KB3 mode you can use the Chorus Vib Depth knob to change the ef...

Page 89: ... the Drawbar Toggle button Each can have a value from 0 drawbar fully in to 8 drawbar fully out DrawbarSteps Affects the transition between drawbar levels for each of the drawbar controls Smooth Levels range from 0 127 but still represented as 0 8 in the display Smoother transition between levels than Normal Normal Levels range from 0 8 like actual organ drawbars Preamp Response PreampResp Enables...

Page 90: ...dB to 48 dB The Envelope Menu Keyclick Enables disables Keyclick Values are On or Off Keyclick Volume KeyclickVol Adjusts the volume of the keyclick when the value of the Keyclick parameter is On NoteAttack Controls the attack characteristic of KB3 notes Normal Smoothed attack Hard Instant attack with audible click in addition to any amount of key click specified with the Keyclick and KeyclickVol ...

Page 91: ...ay Zone 3 button to switch between slow and fast percussion decay or send MIDI 70 from your MIDI source Perc Pitch This parameter sets the pitch of the percussion effect when Perc Switch is On Available values are Low and High In KB3 mode you can use the Pitch Zone 4 button to switch between low and high percussion pitch or send MIDI 72 from your MIDI source The Envelope Menu Percussion Parameters...

Page 92: ... Controls which drawbar is disabled if any when the percussion effect is turned on the Zone 1 button is lit On an unmodified tone wheel organ the ninth drawbar is the one disabled Possible values are Drawbar1 Drawbar9 and None The LFO Menu The LFO parameters for KB3 programs are the same as those for Internal Voices programs See The LFO Menu on page 5 4 Setup Editor Parameters There are twelve men...

Page 93: ...es whether the zone transmits only to the PC2R only to MIDI or to both The default setup value is both Local MIDI If you set the value to Local the zone plays only on the PC2R If you re using the PC2R to control other instruments or to record to an external sequencer use a value of MIDI or Local MIDI Bend Range Semitones BndRng ST Sets the number of semitones of pitch bend applied by any physical ...

Page 94: ...e to the MIDI Out port if it has a value of Local for the Dest parameter in the MIDI Xmit menu Program ID and Name No parameter name shown When you select this parameter the top line of the display shows the current zone of the setup you re editing as well as the bank ID and program ID of the program assigned to the zone The bottom line shows the ID and name of the program assigned to the current ...

Page 95: ...struments explain the numbering system thoroughly The function of this parameter depends on the setting of the Dest parameter in the MIDI Xmit menu If the current zone s setting for Dest is Local the zone doesn t send a bank select command to the MIDI Out port when you select the setup regardless of the setting for Bank Mode Program ID Display Format PNumDisp This parameter is primarily a convenie...

Page 96: ...ternal program with the ID shown in the display Use a value of Gen MIDI when the receiving instrument is a General MIDI instrument In this case the PC2R can determine the name of the program it s going to select on the receiving instrument it shows you both the ID and the name Use a value of Off when you want the PC2R to remind you that the zone will select a program on a non General MIDI external...

Page 97: ...all Note On messages to play the same note By default this is C 4 but you can change it with the Transpose parameter Setting a zone s Note Map parameter to Constant is useful when you want the sound from a particular note to play with every note of another zone for example playing a ride cymbal with every note in a bass line AutoSplit Turns the AutoSplit feature on and off for all zones in the set...

Page 98: ...e feel of your keyboard to your playing style compensating for velocity response differences in instruments receiving MIDI from the PC2R triggering different sounds as you play softer or harder see Velocity Switching on page 4 24 to learn how to trigger different sounds at different velocities To illustrate how the velocity parameters work we ve included a number of graphs with the parameter descr...

Page 99: ...ake it stand out from the other zones when you re playing hard You may find that the velocity curve pins at the high end rather quickly in other words by the time you re playing ƒ the final attack velocity value may already be 127 and playing ƒƒ or ƒƒƒ doesn t give you any more dynamics Setting a negative offset shifts the velocity curve downward preventing the final attack velocity value from max...

Page 100: ...appears as a straight line You can use the Vel Curve parameter to change the shape of the velocity curve which provides variations in dynamic response The setting for Vel Curve in all zones of the default setup is Linear There are two other values whose effects are the opposite of each other Sin causes the final attack velocity value to increase faster than the linear curve until your keystrike ve...

Page 101: ...han the value of the Max parameter for any zone In this case the zone plays outside the velocity range that is you ll hear notes when the final attack velocity value is below the minimum or above the maximum Final attack velocity values within the velocity range don t produce notes Final Attack Velocity Value Keystrike Velocity Velocity Curve Linear Velocity Curve Sin Velocity Curve Cos Constant r...

Page 102: ...the various types of physical controllers available on keyboards and other MIDI sources mono pressure aftertouch and control pedals for example The PC2R responds by default to many standard MIDI Controller messages like Sustain and Mod Wheel With a little programming you can get the PC2R to respond to just about any MIDI Controller message your MIDI source can generate There are three types of con...

Page 103: ...hanged the Ctrl Num value for Green Knob A in one of the zones it would control something different Controller Scale Ctrl Scale Amplifies or diminishes the action of the controller The normal unscaled value is 100 Higher values make the controller more sensitive lower values make it less sensitive Setting the scale to a negative value makes the controller work in reverse You can make a controller ...

Page 104: ... but you ll notice the effect as soon as you move the controller Exit Value Enables a controller to send a MIDI Controller message of a specific value as soon as you leave a program or setup either by selecting another program or setup or by changing performance modes This prevents the position of the controller in the current program or setup from affecting the next program or setup you select Fo...

Page 105: ...ribbon in other words touching a particular point on the ribbon always generates the same value for the MIDI Controller message If Spring Switch is On this means that when you touch the ribbon the MIDI Controller value changes from the Spring Pos value to whatever value corresponds to the location of your finger on the ribbon If Spring Switch is Off touching the ribbon changes the MIDI Controller ...

Page 106: ...you can use them to send the appropriate MIDI Controller messages to activate the PC2R s switch controllers see page B 11 This has the added advantage of enabling you to use the switches in two different ways see Switch Type SwType below Each of the eight switch controllers shares the following set of parameters Each switch controller in each zone of a setup has an independent set of these paramet...

Page 107: ...or all zones in the default setup is 0 or Off You can set any value from 0 to 127 but in most cases 0 is the most useful You can also set a value of None in which case the controller sends no message This is useful when you want the controller to do something in one zone but not in another although it probably makes more sense to set a value of None for On Ctrl Entry State Determines what MIDI Con...

Page 108: ...a zone none of the notes within that zone s key range get played by the arpeggiator If the value is On and the arpeggiator is active notes within that zone s key range get played by the arpeggiator if either of the following conditions is met The note is within the arpeggiator region as defined by the Low and Hi parameters in this case it becomes one of the latched notes The note isn t within the ...

Page 109: ...Latch is already on also get latched Auto This value is independent of ArpLatch Every note you play in the arpeggiator region is automatically latched and the arpeggiator runs as long as you hold at least one arpeggiated note As long as you keep holding on at least one note it doesn t have to be the same note the whole time every note you play in the arpeggiation region gets latched Pedals A combi...

Page 110: ...only once Up Dwn Rp Similar to Up Down except that the notes at the top and bottom play twice repeat when the arpeggiator reverses direction Random Latched notes play in completely random order Shuffle Latched notes play at random but no note repeats until all other latched notes have played Walk A random walk order each successive note is either the next or previous note in chronological order of...

Page 111: ...at the PC2R s MIDI In port If no external Clock signal is received notes in the arpeggiator region do not play at all Duration How long each arpeggiated note lasts 100 is legato no breaks between notes The lower the value the more staccato the arpeggiation Velocity Mode Vel Mode Determines how the attack velocity of latched notes affects the volume of arpeggiated notes There are five possible valu...

Page 112: ...wn to the shift limit There are seven possible values Stop Causes the Arpeggiator to stop the arpeggiation when it reaches the shift limit Reset Causes the Arpeggiator to return to its original pitch and repeat the latched cycle of notes transposing each cycle according to the settings for Note Shift and Shift Limit If the limit allows the notes to go out of MIDI range for example if you set Shift...

Page 113: ...and plays that note next C 4 The next note F 4 is within the shift limit but the next note A 4 isn t so it gets translated into D 4 and so on Flt Uni Uses the same concept as Flt Reset and applies it to Unipolar mode when the arpeggiator reaches the shift limit it calculates the difference between the next note and the limit and transposes the next cycle of notes down by that interval then shifts ...

Page 114: ...e Global menu See page 5 38 The FXA Select Menu When you enter this menu you see FXA Select in the top line of the display along with the performance mode Voices KB3 or Setups from which you entered Effects edit mode The bottom line shows the current effect for FX A Use the Alpha Wheel to select a different effect Or press the Right cursor button to scroll through the parameters for the current ef...

Page 115: ...ame as the effects channel which is determined by the FX Channel parameter in the Global menu In this case if you go into the FXA Select or FXB Select menu from Internal Voices mode or KB3 mode you ll be able to view the current effect but not to change it MIDI Receive Mode Parameters MIDI Receive mode is designed to make it easy to configure your PC2R as a MIDI slave especially when you re using ...

Page 116: ...center 127 is full right Transmits a MIDI Pan 10 message of the same value to the MIDI Out port Effects Routing Routing This sets the effects routing for any program playing on the current channel This overrides the effects routing of the program itself but only while you re in MIDI Receive mode Also transmits a MIDI 94 message of the same value to the MIDI Out port A to B Wet Dry Mix Global A B F...

Page 117: ...DI loop between the PC2R and another instrument typically a sequencer You have a MIDI loop when the MIDI Out port of the PC2R is connected to the MIDI In of another instrument and its MIDI Out is connected to the MIDI In of the PC2R In this case if the sequencer s Soft Thru Patch Thru Play Thru etc is active you ll get doubled notes unless you turn the PC2R s local control off Clock Set Clock to I...

Page 118: ...il MIDI slaves may cut off notes as soon as the PC2R s setup changes Keys Up The newly selected setup becomes active only after you ve physically released all keys notes held with Sustain or other MIDI Controllers don t delay the change Any notes being held by the PC2R or by Kurzweil instruments receiving MIDI from the PC2R continue with their normal decays Non Kurzweil MIDI slaves may cut off not...

Page 119: ...coming MIDI information doesn t get remapped when the value of MIDI In is Auto If you set MIDI In to Remap incoming MIDI information gets remapped to whatever channel is showing in the PC2R s display This is a convenient way to audition a single channel Merge Mixes incoming MIDI data with the data generated by the PC2R and sends the combined data stream to the MIDI Out port Channel numbers of inco...

Page 120: ...ers The selected effects get applied to every program or setup you select regardless of performance mode Effects Channel FX Channel When the value of FX Chg Mode is Auto the FX Channel parameter affects how the PC2R handles effects when you change programs if the value of FX Chg Mode is Panel the effects never change unless you change them from the PC2R s front panel The FX Channel parameter doesn...

Page 121: ...I source change the current effect or not according to the same rules describe above The only difference is that when the PC2R receives a program change via MIDI the wet dry mix settings for each channel are determined by the wet dry parameters in MIDI Receive mode There s one exception to this rule If the value of the FX Channel parameter isn t Current but instead specifies a single channel then ...

Page 122: ...o notes are being held even if the sustain pedal is still held If you are hooked to a Roland controller or sequencer and find that the PC2R doesn t seem to sustain set this parameter to Ignore and the problem will go away The default value is Respond which causes the PC2R to respond to All Notes Off messages Device ID Sets the ID used by the PC2R for MIDI SysEx messages which the PC2R uses for dum...

Page 123: ...s for each sample These status bits inform receiving equipment of various aspects of the audio signal like sample rate and audio data width Most digital processing and recording equipment requires these bits to be transmitted so by default the PC2R sends these status bits a value of On for this parameter If your equipment isn t processing or recording the PC2R s digital audio output properly try s...

Page 124: ...eter also shows the version of the PCX 1 s operating system software If you ve installed the PCX 1 and the value is still Not Installed you may have a problem with the installation of that Sound Card PCXP1 and PCXP2 Not editable On instruments that have the PCX 1 Polyphony Expansion Kit installed this parameter indicates whether Expansion Sound Cards 1 and or 2 are properly installed on the PCX 1 ...

Page 125: ...lips screwdriver A large table with a padded surface foam or soft cloth to prevent damage A pen cap or plastic knife Replacing the battery may erase the programs and setups that you have created so back them up using a MIDI SysEx dump as described on page 4 5 When you are finished turn off the power and remove all cables from your PC2R including the power adapter Removing the Top Panel 1 Make sure...

Page 126: ...ure 5 2 Removing the top panel Installing the Battery 1 The battery is mounted in a retaining clip that s mounted vertically on the engine board see Figure 5 3 Figure 5 3 Location of battery 2 The battery s positive pole the flat side is facing away from you Loosen the battery from its retaining clip using a fingernail a plastic knife or a pen cap as shown in Figure 5 4 Battery ...

Page 127: ...r fingernail the plastic knife or the pen cap behind and under the battery and lift the battery out as shown in Figure 5 5 Figure 5 5 Removing battery 4 With the positive side of the new battery facing away from you slide the battery into the retaining clip pushing down on the battery until it snaps into place ...

Page 128: ...may cause or require a hard reset causing erasure of the setups that you have created To save them back them up using a MIDI Sysex dump as described on page 4 5 Starting the Boot Block When you power up the PC2R it displays Waiting for scanner then displays Please wait after a couple of seconds When you see Please wait press and release the Edit button After the boot block message banner and versi...

Page 129: ... to Y segments If the display continues to show waiting for MIDI after starting the sequencer stop and restart the sequence 4 Depending on the size of the file it may take up to 17 minutes to completely load at which point the bottom line of the display will show done Then if you have another file to load open that file from the sequencer and start playing it 5 After you have completed loading all...

Page 130: ...t by pressing Enter 3 Select the correct option card 1 or card 2 by scrolling and pressing Enter If a ROM option is installed in the correct card slot the display shows Installing followed by a sequence of address blocks When the installation is complete the main boot block menu appears 4 If you re installing a second ROM option select Install ROM option again by pressing Enter repeat Step 3 5 Scr...

Page 131: ...gs option executes the diagnostics that are loaded with the operating system Some diagnostic tests will erase the PC2R s memory which will cause a hard reset when the PC2R is powered on again Power off and power on your PC2R to leave diagnostics and return to normal operation ...

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Page 133: ...Special Controllers B 10 KB3 Controllers B 12 PC2R Keymaps B 13 PC2R Effects and Effects Parameters B 14 MIDI Implementation Chart B 21 Specifications Specifications are subject to change without notice Physical Specifications The PC2R occupies one space in a standard MIDI rack Height 1 3 4 inches 4 5 cm Width 19 inches 48 3 cm Depth 11 1 8 inches 28 3 cm Weight 6 88 lb 3 1 kg ...

Page 134: ...3A 230 VAC Adapter Model PM0024A Safe voltage range 100 125 Volts RMS 200 230 Volts RMS Safe frequency range 58 65 Hz 48 65 Hz Voltage Level Power consumption 120 VAC 0 6 Amps 230 VAC 0 3 Amps Minimum Maximum Operating temperature 40 F 5 C 104 F 40 C Storage temperature 13 F 25 C 185 F 85 C Operating humidity 5 95 non condensing Storage humidity 5 95 non condensing ...

Page 135: ...impedance load 15 dBu 4 4 Volts RMS unbalanced high impedance load Frequency response 20Hz 20kHz 0 6 dB Idle channel noise Less than 115 dBA balanced relative to full scale signal Dynamic range Greater than 112 dBA balanced using 60 dBFS signal Stereo channel separation 96 dB Connectors IEC 60958 3 S PDIF electrical interface using one RCA connector Output impedance 75 Ω nominal Formats S PDIF Con...

Page 136: ...0 000x 1 000x Decay 0 018x 50 000x 1 000x Release 0 018x 50 000x 1 000x Internal Voices LFO LFO1 Rate 0 00Hz 24 00Hz 2 00Hz LFO1 Shape None 1 4 Sine 1 2 Sine 3 4 Sine Sine 1 4 Sine 1 2 Sine 3 4 Sine Sine 1 4 Squ 1 2 Squ 3 4 Squ Square 1 4 Squ 1 2 Squ 3 4 Squ Square 1 4 Tri 1 2 Tri 3 4 Tri Triangle 1 4 Tri 1 2 Tri 3 4 Tri Triangle Rise Saw Rise Saw Fall Saw Fall Saw 3 Step 3 Step 4 Step 4 Step 5 St...

Page 137: ...Step 8 Step 10 Step 10 Step 12 Step 12 Step None GLFO Rate 0 00Hz 24 000Hz 2 00Hz GLFO Shape Same as LFO None Rotor Effects Low Rate 10 00 Hz 10 00 Hz Low Adjust 10 00 Hz 10 00 Hz High Rate 10 00 Hz 10 00 Hz High Adjust 10 00 Hz 10 00 Hz Setups MIDI Xmit transmit MIDI Channel Off 1 16 Zones 1 4 default to channels 1 4 Dest Local MIDI Local MIDI Local MIDI Bnd Rng semitones 0 127 2 Bnd Rng cents 0 ...

Page 138: ...common parameters called the Spring Parameter Subgroup The ribbon controllers also have the six basic parameters Ribbon Sect Large 3 Sect Large Spring Parameters Spring Switch Off On On Ribbon Mode Absolute Relative Relative Spring Pos 0 127 64 Ribbon 1 basic parameters As indicated in Basic Parameter Group Ribbon 2 spring parameters As indicated in Spring Parameter Subgroup Ribbon 2 basic paramet...

Page 139: ...ode Fixed Played Last Pressure Ctrl 117 Played Fixed Vel 1 127 100 Note Shift 12 to 12 0 Shift Limit 0 88 24 Limit Opt Stop Reset UniPolar BiPolar Flt Reset Flt Unipolar Flt Bipolar UniPolar Glissando Off On Off FX Routing in all editors Routing None FXA FXB Both Varies FXA Bypass Off On Off FXB Bypass Off On Off MIDI Recv for each channel Channel 1 16 Channel status Off On On Bank Program 0 000 1...

Page 140: ...FX Factory User User KB3 MIDI Chan 1 16 1 Tuning 100 ct to 100 ct 0 ct Recv Trans 64 to 63 0 Bank Sel Ctl 0 32 0 32 0 or 32 0 32 All Notes Off Respond Ignore Respond Device ID 0 127 0 Xmit Buttons Off On Off Output Mode Stereo Mono Stereo DigOut Mode Pro Cons Pro DigOut ChanStat Off On On DigOut Width 16 bit 18 bit 20 bit 24 bit 16 bit DigOut Level Slider Off 79dB to 24 dB Slider DigOut Shaping Of...

Page 141: ...General Reference PC2R Audio Signal Routing B 9 PC2R Audio Signal Routing Wet FX A Multi effects FX B Reverb Dry A Dry A Wet B Wet B Dry A to B Digital Analog Stereo Mono ...

Page 142: ...ndCtl5 106 11 Expression 43 Expression LSB 75 SndCtl6 107 12 EfxCt 1 44 76 SndCtl7 108 13 EfxCt 2 45 77 SndCtl8 109 14 46 78 SndCtl9 110 15 AuxBnd2 47 79 SndCt10 111 16 Gen 1 48 80 Gen 5 112 17 Gen 2 49 81 Gen 6 113 18 Gen 3 50 82 Gen 7 114 19 Gen 4 51 83 Gen 8 115 20 52 84 PortCtl 116 ArpOn 21 AuxBnd1 MSB 53 AuxBnd1 LSB 85 117 ArpVel 22 54 86 118 Latch2 23 55 87 119 Latch1 24 56 88 120 SndOff 25 ...

Page 143: ...ified in the Controllers menu in the Setup Editor For example sending MIDI 6 from your MIDI source is the same as turning Knob A on the PC2R when the Shift LED is green The value of the Ctrl Num parameter for Green Knob A in each zone of the current setup determines what you re controlling when you send MIDI 6 If you want to change what happens when you send MIDI 6 change the value of the Ctrl Num...

Page 144: ...features Whatever kind of external MIDI source you re using you can use the MIDI controller numbers in either the second or third column to control the corresponding KB3 feature in the first column For example to control Drawbar 1 you can send either MIDI 6 or MIDI 12 KB3 Program Feature MIDI Controller Number PC2R Voce Drawbar1 6 12 Drawbar2 22 13 Drawbar3 23 14 Drawbar4 24 15 Drawbar5 25 16 Draw...

Page 145: ... D ot 134 Take6 Doop 135 Take6 Doop alt 136 Take6 D oop 137 Take6 Accents 2V 138 Take6 Accents 3V 160 Sine Wave 151 Partials 1 2 152 Partials 1 3 153 Partials 1 4 154 Partials 1 6 155 Partials 1 8 156 Partials 1 12 157 Partials 1 2 3 168 Partials 1 2 4 159 Partials 1 2 4 6 160 Partials 1 3 5 161 Partials 2 3 4 162 Partials 2 4 Gli 163 Partials 2 10Evn 164 Partials 2 12Evn 165 Partials 3 4 166 Part...

Page 146: ...cale Density 19 Plebe Chamber Rvrb Time HF Damping Size Scale Density 20 Live Chamber Rvrb Time HF Damping Size Scale Density 21 Grandiose Hall Rvrb Time HF Damping Size Scale Density 22 Elegant Hall Rvrb Time HF Damping Size Scale Density 23 Bright Hall Rvrb Time HF Damping Size Scale Density 24 Ballroom Rvrb Time HF Damping Size Scale Density 25 Medium Hall Rvrb Time HF Damping Size Scale Densit...

Page 147: ... Time Gate Time GateThresh GateReleas 91 Gate Plate Rvrb Time Gate Time GateThresh GateReleas ID Effect Param1 Param2 Param3 Param4 100 Complex Echo L Fbk1 Dly L Fbk2 Dly R Fbk2 Dly 101 Stereo Echoes L Fbk1 Dly R Fbk1 Dly L Fbk2 Dly R Fbk2 Dly 102 4 Tap Delay Dly Tempo Fdbk Level Tap2 Level Tap4 Level 103 8 Tap Delay Dly Tempo Fdbk Level HF Damping LoopLength 104 Spectral 4 Tap Dly Tempo Tap2 Pitc...

Page 148: ...iod Fdbk Level StatDlyLvl StatDlyTim ID Effect Param1 Param2 Param3 Param4 180 Slow Deep Phaser LFO Rate LFO Depth CenterFreq L R Phase 181 Saucepan Phaser LFO Rate LFO Depth CenterFreq Fdbk Level 182 Circles LFO Rate LFO Depth NotchLFORt NotchDepth ID Effect Param1 Param2 Param3 Param4 200 BasicChorusDelay Mix Chorus Ch FdbkMix DelayDly Tempo 201 Doubler Echo Ch Depth L Ch Depth R Mix Delay Dly T...

Page 149: ...vrb Time Mix Reverb 219 Chorus SlowHall Mix Chorus Ch Delay L Ch Delay R Rvrb Time 220 ChorBigBrtPlate Ch Rate L Ch Rate R Rvb HFDamp Mix Reverb ID Effect Param1 Param2 Param3 Param4 230 ChorusDelayHall Dly Tempo Rvrb Type Rvrb Time Rvb HFDamp 231 ChorDlyRvb Lead Dly Time LDly Time R Rvrb Type Rvrb Time 232 Fluid ChorDlyRvb Dly Fdbk L Dly Fdbk R Rvrb Time Rvb HFDamp 233 DeepChorDlyHall Ch Rate L C...

Page 150: ...Out Gain Fl Rate Fl Fdbk ID Effect Param1 Param2 Param3 Param4 300 Bass Env Filter Min Freq Freq Sweep Resonance Threshold 301 EPno Env Filter Freq Sweep FilterType Resonance Threshold 302 Phunk Env Filter Min Freq Freq Sweep ResonanceThreshold 303 Trip Filter LFO Period FilterType Min Freq Max Freq 304 LFO Sweep Filter LFO Period FilterType Min Freq Max Freq 305 LFO Sweep Filt2 LFO Period R Phase...

Page 151: ...ect Param1 Param2 Param3 Param4 350 3 Band Enhancer Hi Drive Mid Drive Low Drive Out Gain 351 Extreem EnhancerHi Md Xovr Hi Drive Mid Drive Low Drive ID Effect Param1 Param2 Param3 Param4 360 HKCompressor 3 1 Ratio Threshold MakeUpGain Attk Time 361 DrumKompress 5 1 Ratio Threshold MakeUpGain Attk Time 362 SKFdbkComprs 6 1 RatioThreshold MakeUpGain Attk Time 363 SKCompressr 12 1 Ratio Threshold Ma...

Page 152: ...sonate 391 VibChor Rotary2 Vibr Chor Low Rate High Rate Roto InOut 392 VC Dist Rotary1 Vibr Chor Low Rate High Rate Dist Drive 393 VC Dist Rotary2 Vibr Chor Low Rate High Rate Dist Drive 394 VC Dist Rotary3 Vibr Chor Low Rate High Rate Dist Drive 395 VC Tube Rotary1 Vibr Chor Low Rate High Rate Tube Drive 396 VC Tube Rotary2 Vibr Chor Low Rate High Rate Tube Drive ...

Page 153: ... O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O bank select mod wheel breath controller foot controller data entry volume pan expression AuxBnd2 AuxBnd1 sustain pedal sostenuto pedal soft pedal FXB wet dry A B wet dry FXA wet dry FX route data increment data decrement non registered param num registered param num arpeggiator on off arpeggi...

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Page 155: ...mation This appendix contains the following information PC2R Programs C 2 Controller Assignments for Programs in Bank 0 C 4 Controller Assignments for Programs in Bank 6 C 23 PC2R Setups C 33 Physical Controller Assignments for Setups C 34 ...

Page 156: ...ss 057 Saxes Trumpets 058 Split Section 059 Broadway Brass 060 Trombones 061 Bari Tenor Sect 062 Solo Tenor Sax 063 Williams Brass 064 Lyrical Strings 065 Slow Strings 066 Marcato Strings 067 Layer Strings 068 Fast Strings 069 Touch Strings 070 Velocity Strings 071 Phantom Strings 072 Ooh Aah 073 Doo Daa 074 Baa stacc Bop 075 Doo stacc Doop 076 Daa stacc Dot 077 Scatman 078 The Croons 079 Cathedra...

Page 157: ...iff Sect 057 Fatso Sax 058 Big Beefy Saxes 059 Goosed Unison 060 Anabrass 061 Honk n Dyn Sax 062 Saxy Lush 063 Classical Brass 064 Fast Vtrig Rosin 065 Emotional String 066 Octave Strings 067 Emphatic Strings 068 Rosin Section 069 Resolute Section 070 Tender Strings 071 Flute Strings 072 Bright Voices 073 Crystal Voices 074 Vox Organ 075 BIG Ooh Voices 076 BIG Voices 077 Bright Syn Vox 078 Vox Org...

Page 158: ...Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob D Vibrato Rate Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Enable Vibrato Red Knob B Vibrato Depth MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 Soft Pedal 003 Warm Grand 004 Solo Grand Piano 005 Concert Grand 006 Mono Grand Piano Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob D Vibrato...

Page 159: ...Shift Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Enable Vibrato MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 Soft Pedal 011 Mono Stage Piano 012 Dyn Stage Piano 013 Ragtime Piano 014 Tack Piano Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob D Vibrato Rate Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Enable Vibrato MIDI 21 53 Pitch B...

Page 160: ... Red Knob B Tremolo Depth MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto 018 That 70 s E Pno 019 Hard E Piano 020 Lounge E Piano Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Timbre Green Knob D Tremolo Rate Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Enable Thump Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Impact Red Knob B Tremolo Depth MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MI...

Page 161: ... Expression Red Knob D Timbre MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 Soft Pedal 024 My Best Wurly 025 Big Red Wurly 026 Brkfst in Korea 027 Soft Wurly Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Timbre Green Knob D Tremolo Rate Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Disable Thump Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Impact Thump Lvl Red Knob B Tremolo Depth MIDI 21 53 Pitch...

Page 162: ...d Switch A Disable Layer Red Knob B Tremolo Depth MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression Red Knob C Timbre MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Soft Pedal MIDI 67 Soft Pedal 031 Ballad E Piano 032 C3PO 033 Digital E Grand Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Timbre Green Knob D Tremelo Rate Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Envelope Ctl Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Di...

Page 163: ... Switch Layers Red Knob B Vibrato Rate MPressure Vibrato Depth MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto 037 Celestial Comet 038 Comp Time 039 Ruth Buzzy Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Treble Cut Green Knob D Trem Vib Rate Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Release Control Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Switch Layers Red ...

Page 164: ...ob B Red Knob B Bandpass Freq Red Switch A MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto 043 Harpsichord 044 Modern Harpsi 045 CrystalClavchd Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Timbre Green Knob D Sample Start Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Disable Release Amber Swch C Disable Velocity Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Octave Sw...

Page 165: ...11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 FX VAST Rotary Ramp Speed Ctl 049 Ballad Of 3 Bars 050 Prog Rocker s B 051 All Out Full On Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Perc XFade Green Knob D Bass Cut Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B FX Vib Chr On Off Amber Swch C VAST Chr Vib On Off Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A VAST Rotary On Off Red Knob ...

Page 166: ...A VAST Rotary On Off Red Knob B FX VAST Rotary Ramp Speed Ctl MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 FX VAST Rotary Ramp Speed Ctl 055 Pipe Organ 056 Big Brass 057 Saxes Trumpets 058 Split Section 059 Broadway Brass Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Layer XFade Green Knob D Layer XFade Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch D...

Page 167: ...witch A Envelope Red Knob B Attack Switch MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto 065 Slow Strings 066 Marcato Strings 067 Layer Strings Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Brightness Cut Green Knob D Attack Control Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Layer Switch Red Knob B Slow Vibrato MIDI 21 53 Pitch Ben...

Page 168: ...Knob D Attack Control Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Layer Switch Amber Swch C Layer Switch Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Layer Switch Red Knob B Envelope Control MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 Envelope Control 072 Ooh Aah 073 Doo Daa 074 Baa stacc Bop 075 Doo stacc Doop 076 Daa stacc Dot 077 Scatman 078 The Croons Green Knob C Tim...

Page 169: ...Octave Shift Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Layer Transpose 5ths Red Knob B Vibrato Rate Depth MPressure Vibrato Rate Depth MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto 083 Slo Wood Flute 084 Groove Bass 085 1 3 Pulse Bass Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Breath Noise Green Knob D Chiff Noise Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch D...

Page 170: ...b D Swell Layer 3 MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 Soft Ped 089 Crypt 090 Meteor Strings 091 Orch Pad Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Timbre Green Knob D Timbre Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Release Control Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Vibrato Rate Env Red Knob B Vibr Pan Fltr LFO MPressure Vibr Pan...

Page 171: ...21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 Soft Ped 095 U Say Tomita 096 Acoustic Guitar 097 Strummer 12 Str Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C LoPass Freq Green Knob D LoPass Resonance Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Release Control Amber Swch C Layer Switch Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Attack Control Red Knob B Vibra...

Page 172: ...h Red Knob D LFO2 Depth MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 Soft Ped 101 Elec 12 String 102 Jazzy Frets 103 Lead Rock Gtr Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Timbre Green Knob D Envelope Control Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B FX Vib Chor On Off Amber Swch C Layer Disable Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Enable ...

Page 173: ...A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Impact Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Impact Red Knob B Vibrato MPressure Vibrato MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto 107 Dual Tri Bass 108 Clav o Bass 109 Fret Not Bass Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Timbre Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Layer Enable Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switc...

Page 174: ...trol Amber Swch C Layer Switch Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Sample Start MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto 113 Studio Drums 3 4 114 Ambient Rock Kit 115 Coliseum Kit Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Timbre Green Knob D Pitch Control Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Decay Control Amber Swch C Layer Switch Amber S...

Page 175: ... Knob B Env Lyr Ptch LFO MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 Lyr Enable Pitch LFO 119 Electro Kit 120 Virtuoso Perc 121 Rhythm Maker Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Timbre Green Knob D Pitch Control Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Decay Control Amber Swch C Layer Switch Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Attac...

Page 176: ...wch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Layer Enable Sine Red Knob B Tremelo MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Expression MIDI 64 Sustain MIDI 66 Sostenuto MIDI 67 Sample Start Green Knob A FX A Wet Dry Green Knob B FX B Wet Dry Green Knob C Tremolo Rate Amber Swch A Octave Shift Amber Swch B Stereo Spread Amber Swch D Arp On Off Red Switch A Sample Start Red Knob B Tremelo MIDI 21 53 Pitch Bend MIDI 11 Express...

Page 177: ...tch A is on MIDI 67 Soft pedal Green Knob D Vibrato rate Red Switch A Activates Red Knob B vibrato MIDI 64 Enable ringy layer 006 Suite Piano 007 Dreamy Piano 008 Basement Upright 009 Chiano 010 Way Back Piano 011 Dance Piano 012 Cloud Ride Piano Red Knob B Vibrato when Red Switch A is on MIDI 67 Soft pedal Green Knob D Vibrato rate Red Switch A Activates Red Knob B vibrato Red Knob B Vibrato when...

Page 178: ... Red Switch A Impact Red Knob B Tremolo depth Green Knob C Cutoff Resonance Amber Swch B Alternative attack Green Knob D Tremolo rate Red Switch A Impact 020 Barking Tines 021 Clean and Soft 022 Ballad Keys 023 Lotus Keys 024 Soft Ballad 025 70s FM Tines 026 90s FM Ballad Red Knob B Tremolo depth Green Knob C Cutoff Resonance Amber Swch B Alternative attack Amber Swch C Detunes layers Green Knob D...

Page 179: ...Knob B Vibrato tremolo depth Green Knob C Timbre control Amber Swch B Envelope control Green Knob D Vibrato tremolo rate Red Switch A Impact alternative start 034 Scrape Glass 035 Air Society 036 Push Air 037 Dronin 038 Alien Salt Mine 039 Imperfect Storm 040 Mod Clavier Red Knob B Vibrato depth Green Knob C Cutoff Amber Swch B Transposes one voice 12ST Amber Swch C Vibrato rate Green Knob D Reson...

Page 180: ...en Knob D Para mid boost Red Switch A Alternative control Red Knob B Vibrato tremolo depth Green Knob C LFO rate control Amber Swch B Alternative attack Green Knob D Envelope control 049 Mello Tone Wheel 050 Piped Organ 051 Playful Piper 052 Peter s Pan 053 Imaginary Flute 054 Bright Koreana 055 Bouncin BassBall Red Knob B Vibrato tremolo depth Green Knob C LFO rate control Amber Swch B Alternativ...

Page 181: ... layer Red Knob C Swell Red Knob D Swell Red Knob B Vibrato depth MPressure Envelope control Green Knob C Envelope control Green Knob D Envelope release rate 064 Fast Vtrig Rosin 065 Emotional String 066 Octave Strings 067 Emphatic Strings 068 Rosin Section 069 Resolute Section 070 Tender Strings 071 Flute Strings 072 Bright Voices Green Knob C Timbre duller Green Knob D Envelope attack rate Red K...

Page 182: ... B Detunes Amber Swch C Sample and Hold Green Knob D LFO rate tremolo depth envelope control Lopass resonance Red Switch A Disables resonance 081 Rezzy Bass Poly 082 Technicolor 083 Elan Lead 084 Sun Spot Lead 085 Dinosaur s Lead 086 Sawyer s Bomb Red Knob B Vibrato depth Green Knob C Filter cutoff Amber Swch B Transposes one layer down an octave Amber Swch C Envelope release rate Green Knob D Res...

Page 183: ...A Envelope attack rate Red Knob B Bandpass width frequency Green Knob C Filter cutoff in Layer 2 Green Knob D Envelope control Red Switch A Switches To Meteor Str 2 093 FreeResAhh Notch 094 Ooh Ahh Pad 095 Vocalicious 096 Titanium Guitar 097 Latin Lover 098 Roto 12 String Red Knob B Crossfade layer detune MPressure Treble boost Green Knob C Filter cutoff Amber Swch B Envelope control release Green...

Page 184: ...bend Green Knob C Timbre more low end Amber Swch B Alternative attack Green Knob D Vibrato rate 106 Bright A Bass 107 Triangle Bass 108 Yow Bass 109 Mono Synth Bass 110 400 HP Bass 111 Base in Face Red Knob B Vibrato depth MPressure Pitch bend Green Knob C Less Body more tacky Green Knob D Vibrato rate Red Switch A Enable Vtrig Percussion layer Red Knob B Vibrato depth MPressure Vibrato Green Knob...

Page 185: ...d Switch A Alternative attack Green Knob C Timbre Amber Swch B Envelope control Amber Swch C Enables 2nd Kit Green Knob D Pitch control Red Switch A Alternative attack 119 SumPumpKit MWsus 120 Marimba 121 Milky Way Vibes 122 Percussionist 123 Carnival 124 Primitive Perc Red Knob B Drone layer MPressure Drone layer Green Knob C Timbre MIDI 67 Real Kit layer Amber Swch B Envelope control Amber Swch ...

Page 186: ...re pitch bend Red Knob B Alternative attack MPressure Pitch bend with MIDI 66 or Green Knob D Green Knob C Transpose 2 Layers timbre MIDI 67 Alternative attack Amber Swch B Disables layer Green Knob D Enables MPressure pitch bend Red Switch A Decreases Volume on 1 layer MIDI 66 Eables MPressure pitch bend Red Knob B Alternative attack MPressure Pitch bend with MIDI 66 or Green Knob D Green Knob C ...

Page 187: ...ontemplation 012 Brass Strings 013 Dramatize 014 After Hours 015 Piano Trio 016 KB3 Setup 017 Touch Orch 018 One Man Trio 019 HolidayInnMiami 020 Ambients 021 CrypticNiteGlo 022 Seascape 023 Rhythmic Chase 024 Rhumba Combos 025 E Bass E Piano 026 Babaganooj 027 Warm Fusion 028 Ostinato Lead 029 Dr Crane s 030 Perc Organ Jam 031 VoxJazzCombo C7 032 Where s Syd 125 PC2R Control 126 Internal Voices 1...

Page 188: ...ssure None None None Vibrato Green Knob A Timbre Envelope None None Green Knob B None None None Envelope Green Knob C None None LP Freq None Green Knob D Arp Tempo Arp Tempo None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 None None None AuxBend Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A None None Octave Jump N...

Page 189: ...one None Green Knob B Timbre None None None Green Knob C None None Timbre None Green Knob D None None Timbre None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Foot Ctl None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A None Octave Jump None None Amber Swch B None Program Switch Program Switch None Amber Swch C...

Page 190: ...A Pitch Bend Pitch Bend None Green Knob B None None Pitch Bend Green Knob C None None LP Freq Green Knob D None None Arp Tempo Pedal 1 None None None Red Knob C None None None Red Knob D None None None Ribbon 1 Envelope Envelope None Ribbon 2 None None None Ribbon 3 None None None Amber Swch A Program Switch None None Amber Swch B None Program Switch None Amber Swch C None None Program Switch Ambe...

Page 191: ...ne None Green Knob B None Timbre None None Green Knob C None None Timbre None Green Knob D 13 None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 None None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Amber Swch B None None None None Amber Swch C None No...

Page 192: ...None Timbre None Green Knob B None Timbre None None Green Knob C None None None None Green Knob D None None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Arp Tempo None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump None None Octave Jump Amber Swch B None None Layer Switch None Amber Swch C...

Page 193: ...one Green Knob B None Timbre None None Green Knob C None None Layer Mix None Green Knob D Effect None None None Pedal 1 Expression None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Timbre LoPass Freq None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Amber Swch B None None None None Am...

Page 194: ...or Level Chor Level Green Knob B Timbre Timbre Timbre Timbre Green Knob C None None None None Green Knob D None None None Layer Mix Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 None None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A None None None Octave Jump Amber Swch B Layer Switch Layer Switch Layer Switch...

Page 195: ...req None None Green Knob B None LoPass Freq None Green Knob C None None Timbre Green Knob D Arp Tempo None None Pedal 1 None None None Red Knob C None None None Red Knob D None None None Ribbon 1 Reverb Lvl Reverb Lvl Reverb Lvl Ribbon 2 None None None Ribbon 3 None None None Amber Swch A None Octave Jump Octave Jump Amber Swch B LoPass Res None None Amber Swch C Delay Feedback None None Amber Swc...

Page 196: ...one Green Knob B None None None LoPass Freq Green Knob C None None LoPass Freq None Green Knob D Arp Tempo None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Reverb Lvl Reverb Lvl None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A None None None Octave Jump Amber Swch B None None None Down a 4th Amber Swch...

Page 197: ...one FX Level None Green Knob B None None Timbre None Green Knob C Timbre None None None Green Knob D Arp Tempo None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Pitch Up Down None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump None None None Amber Swch B Layer Switch None None None Amber S...

Page 198: ...erb lvl Green Knob B None None Layer Mix None Green Knob C None None Timbre None Green Knob D None None None Timbre Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 None Timbre None None Ribbon 2 None Layer Mix Timbre None Ribbon 3 Timbre None None None Amber Swch A None Octave Jump None None Amber Swch B None None Octave Jump None Amber Swch C Non...

Page 199: ... Vol Swell Green Knob A Reverb lvl Reverb lvl Reverb lvl Green Knob B None Envelope None Green Knob C None None Envelope Green Knob D None None Timbre Pedal 1 None None None Red Knob C None None None Red Knob D None None None Ribbon 1 None None None Ribbon 2 None None None Ribbon 3 None None None Amber Swch A None Octave Jump None Amber Swch B None Timbre None Amber Swch C None None Timbre Amber S...

Page 200: ...Reverb lvl Reverb lvl Green Knob B Envelope None None None Green Knob C None Timbre Timbre None Green Knob D Arp Tempo None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Layer Mix None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump None None None Amber Swch B Layer Switch None None None Amb...

Page 201: ...ob A Reverb lvl Reverb lvl Reverb lvl Green Knob B None Brightness None Green Knob C None None Layer Mix Green Knob D None None None Pedal 1 None None None Red Knob C None None None Red Knob D None None None Ribbon 1 None Attack None Ribbon 2 None None None Ribbon 3 None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump None Amber Swch B None Layer Switch None Amber Swch C Envelope None None Amber Sw...

Page 202: ...ne None Green Knob B Layer Mix None None None Green Knob C None Layer Mix None None Green Knob D None None Layer Mix Layer Mix Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Pitch Bend None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A None None None Octave Jump Amber Swch B None None Timbre None Amber Swch C No...

Page 203: ...one Vibrato Green Knob A 6 25 None Green Knob B 22 26 None Green Knob C 23 27 None Green Knob D 24 28 133 Pedal 1 4 4 None Red Knob C 4 None 29 Red Knob D 2 None None Ribbon 1 89 89 AuxBend Ribbon 2 90 90 None Ribbon 3 71 71 None Amber Swch A Leslie Spin Rate Leslie Spin Rate None Amber Swch B Chor Vib Toggle Chor Vib Toggle None Amber Swch C Chorus Depth Chorus Depth None Amber Swch D None Red Sw...

Page 204: ... Knob B Reverb Lvl Reverb Lvl None Reverb Lvl Green Knob C None Layer Mix None None Green Knob D Envelope None None None Pedal 1 Expression None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Timbre None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump None Octave Jump Amber Swch B Layer Switch None None None...

Page 205: ...A Reverb Lvl None None Green Knob B Reverb Lvl Reverb Lvl Reverb Lvl Green Knob C None Layer Mix None Green Knob D Arp Tempo None None Pedal 1 None Expression None Red Knob C None None None Red Knob D None None None Ribbon 1 Pitch Bend None None Ribbon 2 None None None Ribbon 3 None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump None None Amber Swch B None None Octave Jump Amber Swch C None Soft Pedal None Am...

Page 206: ...l None None Green Knob B None None Reverb Lvl None Green Knob C Timbre None None None Green Knob D Envelope None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C Timbre None None None Red Knob D Timbre None None None Ribbon 1 Pitch Bend None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Amber Swch B None None Impact...

Page 207: ...Lvl Reverb Lvl Reverb Lvl None Green Knob C Timbre None None None Green Knob D Envelope None None None Pedal 1 Expression None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Pitch Bend None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump None None None Amber Swch B None Octave Jump None None Amber Swch C Layer Switch No...

Page 208: ...e None Tremelo Green Knob A None Reverb Lvl Green Knob B Reverb Lvl None Green Knob C LoPass Freq None Green Knob D Arp Tempo None Pedal 1 Expression None Red Knob C None None Red Knob D None None Ribbon 1 Pitch Bend Pitch Bend Ribbon 2 None None Ribbon 3 None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump Amber Swch B None Layer Switch Amber Swch C BandPass freq None Amber Swch D Arp Switch None Red S...

Page 209: ... None Green Knob B None Reverb Lvl Reverb Lvl Reverb Lvl Green Knob C LoPass Freq None None None Green Knob D None Timbre None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 LoPass Freq None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Mono Switch None None None Amber Swch B None Layer Switch None None Amb...

Page 210: ...B None Layer Mix None None Green Knob C None None Layer Mix Layer Mix Green Knob D Arp Tempo None None None Pedal 1 Expression None None None Red Knob C Envelope None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Echo Lvl Razer Lvl Reverb Lvl Reverb Lvl Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Amber Swch B None None ...

Page 211: ...Reverb Lvl None Green Knob B None Reverb Lvl None Reverb Lvl Green Knob C None None None None Green Knob D None None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Pitch Bend None Pitch Bend None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A None None None None Amber Swch B Program Switch None None None Amber Sw...

Page 212: ...Layer Mix None None None Green Knob B None Layer Mix None None Green Knob C None Trem Rate None None Green Knob D None None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 None None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump None None None Amber Swch B None Key click None None Amber Swch ...

Page 213: ...ect Lvl Effect Lvl Green Knob B Effect Lvl Effect Lvl None None Green Knob C Timbre Timbre None None Green Knob D Envelope None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Pitch Bend None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Amber Swch B Decay...

Page 214: ...nob B None None None None Green Knob C Timbre None None None Green Knob D Envelope Arp Tempo Arp Tempo Arp Tempo Pedal 1 Expression None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Pitch Bend None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump Amber Swch B None None None None Ambe...

Page 215: ...e None Green Knob B None None None None Green Knob C None None None LoPass Freq Green Knob D Trem Rate None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 Pitch Bend None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump Octave Jump None Amber Swch B Attack Attack Attack None Amber ...

Page 216: ... Knob B None Layer Mix None None Green Knob C None None Timbre None Green Knob D Arp Tempo None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 None None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Octave Jump Octave Jump None None Amber Swch B Envelope None None Envelope Amber Swch C Timbre None None...

Page 217: ... None Green Knob B None Timbre None None Green Knob C Pitch Up Down None None None Green Knob D Arp Tempo None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 None None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A None Octave Jump None None Amber Swch B None None None None Amber Swch C None Chorus Dept...

Page 218: ...None None Green Knob B Timbre None None None Green Knob C Layer Mix None None None Green Knob D Arp Tempo None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 None None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A None None Octave Jump None Amber Swch B Chor Vibe Switch None None None Amber Swch C None...

Page 219: ...MIDI 93 None None None Green Knob B MIDI 91 None None None Green Knob C MIDI 6 None None None Green Knob D MIDI 13 Tempo Tempo Tempo Pedal 1 MIDI 11 None None None Red Knob C MIDI 4 None None None Red Knob D MIDI 2 None None None Ribbon 1 MIDI 21 None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Trans Down Trans Down Trans Up Trans Up Amber Swch B MIDI 9 None No...

Page 220: ...DI 6 None None None Green Knob B MIDI 22 None None None Green Knob C MIDI 23 None None None Green Knob D MIDI 24 Tempo Tempo Tempo Pedal 1 MIDI 11 None None None Red Knob C MIDI 4 None None None Red Knob D MIDI 2 None None None Ribbon 1 MIDI 21 None None None Ribbon 2 MIDI 86 None None None Ribbon 3 MIDI 87 None None None Amber Swch A MIDI 88 Trans Down Trans Up Trans Up Amber Swch B MIDI 80 None ...

Page 221: ... MIDI 93 None None None Green Knob B MIDI 91 None None None Green Knob C MIDI 6 None None None Green Knob D MIDI 13 Tempo Tempo Tempo Pedal 1 MIDI 11 None None None Red Knob C MIDI 4 None None None Red Knob D MIDI 2 None None None Ribbon 1 MIDI 21 None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A Trans Down Trans Down Trans Up Trans Up Amber Swch B MIDI 9 None N...

Page 222: ...Green Knob A None None None None Green Knob B None None None None Green Knob C None None None None Green Knob D None None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 None None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A None None None None Amber Swch B None None None None Amber Swch C None None No...

Page 223: ...ssure Green Knob A None None None None Green Knob B None None None None Green Knob C None None None None Green Knob D None None None None Pedal 1 None None None None Red Knob C None None None None Red Knob D None None None None Ribbon 1 None None None None Ribbon 2 None None None None Ribbon 3 None None None None Amber Swch A None None None None Amber Swch B None None None None Amber Swch C None N...

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Page 225: ...quences To choose a drum map set the value of the Drum Remap parameter in the Global menu to a value of Normal PC2ReMap or GMReMap Use Normal or PC2ReMap according to your preference Use GMReMap when you want the PC2R to play General MIDI sounds either live or for sequence playback The following pages show the layouts of the PC2R s drum sounds in each drum map Each page shows a keyboard diagram th...

Page 226: ...are 3 Snare 2 Soft Snare 1 Dual Snare 1 Closed Hi hat Closed Hi hat Slightly Open Hi hat Slightly Open Hi hat Open Hi hat Open Closed Hi hat Foot Hi hat Crash Cymbal Crash Cymbal Crash Cymbal Splash Cymbal Ride Cymbal Rim Ride Cymbal Bell Ride Cymbal Bell Hand Clap Timbale Shell Conga Conga Clave Tambourine Tambourine Tambourine Maracas Lo Agogo Lo Bongo Hi Bongo Muted Triangle Open Triangle Hard ...

Page 227: ... Stick Kick 1 Kick 1 Hard Snare 1 Dual Snare 1 Lo Tom Soft Snare 1 Mid Tom Soft Snare 1 Hi Tom Open Closed Hi hat Crash Cymbal Crash Cymbal Splash Cymbal Ride Cymbal Rim Bell Ride Cymbal Bell Ride Cymbal Bell Hand Clap Timbale Shell Conga Conga Clave Tambourine Tambourine Tambourine Maracas Lo Agogo Lo Bongo Hi Bongo Muted Triangle Open Triangle Floor Tom Floor Tom Low Mid Tom Mid Tom Hi Tom Lo Mi...

Page 228: ...4 B 4 C 5 D 5 E 5 F 5 G 5 A 5 B 5 C 6 D 6 E 6 F 6 G 6 A 6 B 6 C 7 D 7 E 7 F 7 G 7 A 7 D 4 GMReMap Metronome Click Kick Drum 2 Kick Drum 1 Snare Drum 1 Snare Drum 2 Lo Tom 2 Lo Tom 1 Mid Tom 2 Mid Tom 1 Hi Tom 2 Hi Tom 1 Ride Bell Splash Cymbal Crash Cymbal 2 Ride Cymbal 2 Hi Bongo Mute Conga Lo Conga Hi Timbale Hi Agogo Cabasa Triangle Open Side Stick Hand Clap Closed Hi Hat Pedal Hi Hat Open Hi H...

Page 229: ...LEDs 3 22 color coded labeling 3 5 common editing tasks 4 31 Compare button 3 10 comparing 4 8 configurations MIDI 2 4 connections 2 2 audio 2 3 MIDI 2 3 power 2 2 continuous controllers 5 21 Controller messages 3 14 Controller messages for front panel knobs B 11 controllers 4 10 KB3 B 12 MIDI list B 10 multiple use 4 22 pasting parameters 4 10 physical 1 1 special B 10 Controllers 0 and 32 4 36 C...

Page 230: ...5 setups A 5 sound ROM A 6 instant parameter selection 4 7 internal setup 3 23 4 14 4 16 4 32 Internal Voices button 3 11 Internal Voices mode 3 2 3 5 Internal Voices program structure 4 12 intuitive entry 4 6 K KB3 button 3 11 KB3 controllers B 12 KB3 Editor 4 15 5 6 KB3 effects 4 28 KB3 mode 3 2 3 5 overview 1 1 KB3 program structure 4 15 key range 4 7 Key Range menu 4 7 5 14 keymap 4 13 keymaps...

Page 231: ...ions installing A 6 output analog B 3 output digital B 3 P panic 3 12 parallel parameter selection 4 6 parameters 4 2 parameters reference list B 4 pasting 4 9 pasting effects 4 11 PC2R front panel 3 4 sounds 1 1 percussion parameters 4 15 5 9 percussion pitch parameters 5 10 performance features 3 1 performance modes 3 2 Performance region 3 7 physical controllers 1 1 3 14 physical specifications...

Page 232: ...ontrollers B 10 special modes 3 3 special setups 4 16 specifications B 1 audio B 3 electrical B 2 environmental B 2 physical B 1 Split button 3 8 Split Layer button 3 8 splitting 3 18 startup 2 4 Store button 3 9 Store menu 5 5 storing effects 4 29 storing objects 4 3 structure of Internal Voices programs 4 12 structure of KB3 programs 4 15 structure of setups 4 16 switch controllers 5 24 switchin...

Page 233: ...at Global 5 41 DigOut Level Global 5 41 DigOUt Mode Global 5 41 DigOut Shaping Global 5 41 DigOut Width Global 5 41 DrawbarMode KB3 Timbre 5 7 Drawbars 1 9 KB3 Timbre 5 7 DrawbarSteps KB3 Timbre 5 7 Drum Remap Global 5 38 DSP parameters Timbre 5 2 Dump All Objects Global 5 42 Duration Arpeggiator 5 29 E effect ID Effects Editor 5 33 effect name Effects Editor 5 33 Effects Change Mode Global 5 38 E...

Page 234: ...it menu 5 11 MIDIScope Global 5 42 Min Velocity 5 19 N name effect Effects Editor 5 33 name program MIDI Receive mode 5 34 name program Program 5 12 Note Map Key Range 5 15 Note Shift Arpeggiator 5 30 NoteAttack KB3 Envelope 5 8 NoteRelease KB3 Envelope 5 8 O Off Ctrl Controllers 5 25 Off Value Controllers 5 25 Offset Controllers 4 23 5 21 Offset Velocity 5 17 On Ctrl Controllers 5 25 On Value Con...

Page 235: ...SwType Controllers 5 24 T Timbre menu 5 2 Timbre menu KB3 Editor 5 6 Touch Global 5 36 Transmit Clock Global 5 35 Transpose Transposition 5 15 Transpose menu 5 15 Transposition Transpose 5 15 Tuning Global 5 40 V Vel Curve Velocity 5 18 Vel Mode Arpeggiator 5 29 Vel Offset Velocity 5 17 5 18 Vel Scale Velocity 5 16 5 17 5 18 Velocity menu 5 16 Ver Global 5 42 Vol MIDI Receive mode 5 34 Vol Adj KB3...

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